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The Dialogue Doctor Podcast

Oct 31, 2022

In this special Halloween episode, Jeff is joined by his co-writer JP Rindfleisch to celebrate finishing the 1st season of their serial fiction and to talk about the challenges of writing a horror-comedy. This conversation goes a little long because JP and I have a great time together. In case you want to skip...


Oct 24, 2022

In this episode, Jeff is joined by 6 Three Story Method Editors to discuss the concept of theme. After defining "theme" and giving examples of stories they love that has great themes, they talk about mistakes writers make in writing theme, some ways they've seen writers incorporate theme into their work, and they...


Oct 17, 2022

In this episode, editor Laura Humm sits down with author Judy Boxer to look through the story Judy is working on. 

In part 1, Laura and Judy talk about the complications of blending memoir and fiction, they discuss how to pick a genre, they talk about finding a theme, using the character's voice to make the read more...


Oct 10, 2022

In this episode, Jeff and Eric sit down to talk through the climax of his book. They talk about not introducing new elements into the climax, building up elements to reveal at the end of the book, building a false ending, and giving a satisfying ending. They also break down where to end a book.

This is Eric's fourth...


Oct 3, 2022

In this episode, Jeff sits down with Cassie Newell and Shane Millar to talk about productivity and fueling your writing by finding your "why." They go deep into their journeys as writers, how they have each written multiple novels and nonfiction books, what they need in a workspace, and how they found their "why"...